Hi! My name is Candy and I am a mother of three great kids(two boys and a girl) and have been married to my wonderful husband Mark for fourteen years.
I started making cards in February/11 and am loving every minute of it.

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Wednesday, 31 August 2011

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a fabulous day! I made this little cupcake card to enter into a few challenges I've seen. http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com - #106 Wish upon a star- use stars on your card ; http://birthdaysundaes.blogspot.com - #24 Inspiration photo ; http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com - Sketch challenge #59 and a twist- must add buttons.
This card is a standard A2 size. The patterned paper is from DCWV Nana's kids stack and the cardstock is fron Papertrey ink and Recollections. The cupcake was cut from the Sweet Treats cartridge at 3 inches. I embossed the cupcake with divine swirls cuttlebug folder. I added cinnamon stickles to the icing and glossy accents to the heart. The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper and the die cut around it is from My Creative Time and I inked around it with rose bud memento ink. The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink and the buttons are from my stash.

I hope you all enjoyed my little cupcake card. Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.
Hugs! :) Candy

Tuesday, 30 August 2011

Hey everyone! This is the second card I made today.I am so excited about this card. I finally got my action wobbles and had to make a card with them.
I made it for a few challenges I've seen: http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com #89 It's a jungle out there ; http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com Let's face it Friday-Our furry friends-card with animal as the main focus and http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com - fall colors.
This card is a standard A2 size card. The cardstock is from Papertrey Ink and Recollections. The patterned paper is from the Safari stack. The buttons are from my stash. The die cut for the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the sentiments are from Pink by Design and My Craft Spot. I used some glossy accents on the lions nose. The buttons are from my stash.nThe lion is cut from the Animal Kingdom cartridge cut at 2 3/4 inches. I cut out an extra lion head to attach my action wobble. I just love this little card.

I tried to get an action shot! LOL! I hope you enjoyed my card. Thanks so much for stopping by and please leave me a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Hey everyone!! Hope your day has been fabulous. It's been pretty busy around here lately trying to get the kids ready for back to school.
I made this card today for a few challenges I've seen: http://cricut360.blogspot.com Relax(going for a drive is relaxing) : http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com #75 a splash of color- used yellow ; http://morethanfavors.blogspot.com CCCC #29 Sweethearts cartridge ; http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com Sew much fun - use stiching on your card: http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com Challenge #28 : http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com - Vacation.
This card is a standard A2 size. The patterned paper and ribbon is from Walmart. The cardstock is from Recollections and Papertrey Ink. I cut the car from the Sweethearts cartridge at 2 1/2 inches. I used the bubbles Martha Stewart punch for the blue strip.I used glossy accents on the heads and parts of the car. I used the Love is in the Air cuttle bug folder to emboss the red paper. The sentiment is from Pink by Design. The stamps and diecut that the sentiment is on is from My Creative Time. I just love how this card turned out.

This sentiment is just awesome from Pink by design. It just makes the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today. Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Saturday, 27 August 2011

Guess what guys?? Just found a great giveaway! The blog http://athousandsheetsofpaper.blogspot.com/ is giving away a thousand sheets of 6 x 6 paper and lots of stamps. Go check them out.
Thanks for stopping by! :) Candy

Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Hey everyone! I'm back from camping!! We had a fantastic time with the kids for a week.
It's been over a week since my last post. So for today I am posting a card I made for my husband Mark's 40th birthday which is tomorrow. I can't believe it!!
I am also entering this card into a challenge at http://fantabulouscricut.blogspot.com/ #74 Birthday Bash- make a birthday project.
I got the inspiration for this card from Mary over at http://cardztv.blogspot.com/ . She is awesome. I just love her cards.
The card is a standard A2 size card. It is a tri-fold or shutter card. It looks really difficult to make but it was quite easy. I used recollections cardstock and the patterned paper is from DCWV Tattered Time mat stack. I inked around all the layers and the card with memento brown ink. The sentiment on the inside of the card are from two different sets. The "honey" and "gears to you" are from Scrappy Moms stamps and the "Happy Birthday" is from Pink by Design. The stamps on the front of the card are from Stampendous. I thought the Gear to You was so super cute.
I think for my first try at this type of card that it turned out really well. Hope he like it too!!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you enjoyed my birthday card. Stop by again soon and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Hey everyone! Hope your day has been a fabulous one. I am going camping for the next week, so I won't be posting any cards or entering challenges as I won't have internet. OMG! What will I do?? More time to spend with the kiddies and hubbie. So I will see you all in about a week.
Until then here's a card that I made a while ago for my friend Bonnie's daughter, Brittany. It fits her perfectly as she is a real girly girl.
The card is a regular A2 size. The patterned paper is from DCWV. The cardstock is Recollections and Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Pink by Design.(It's just perfect!) The ribbon I got from Michaels. The girl is cut from the Forever Young cartridge at 4 3/4 inches.

I hope you all enjoyed my little card. Thanks so much for stopping by and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower!

Friday, 12 August 2011

Hey everyone! Wow, for my third post today I made a purple thank you card. I made it for a couple of challenges at Cricut Cardz Challenge #87- Straight from the Heart - card with hearts but not allowed to use red or pink- http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com/. My Pink Stamper Blog Hop - favorite things- my favorite color is Purple!! http://mypinkstamper.com .
The card is a standard A2 card. The cardstock is from Papertrey Ink. The patterned paper I made myself using some hearts from Papertrey Ink and memento and colorbox ink. The purple layer is cut at 4 x 5 1/4 and the white layer is cut 1/4 inch smaller. I cut out some of the hearts and popped them up for some added dimension. The sentiment is from Papertrey ink. The stitched cirle and scalloped circle are from My Creative Time dies.(Love them!) I used some diamond stickles and glossy accents on the hearts. The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink. I used a heart border punch from Martha Stewart.
I really enjoyed making this card. Especially making the heart background.

Hope you all enjoy my little heart card. Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower!!

Hey everyone! For my second post today I made a card for a few challenges. Die Cuttin Divas- Garden Showcase- fruits or veggies- http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/ . My Craft Spot- Monday Challenge- It's hot out there- use bright hot colors - http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com . The Paper Variety- Citrus Challenge- use orange, yellow and green- http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com/ .
The card is a standard A2 size. The patterned paper is from DCWV Citrus stack. I used preserves cartridge for the orange cut at 3 1/4 inches. I used the swiss dots cuttlebug folder on the orange. I used diamond stickles on the leaves and glossy accents on the orange. The buttons are from my stash. The ribbon I bought at Michael's. The cardstock is from Recollections, Papertrey Ink and my stash. The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms. The die cut around the sentiment is from My Creative Time. I used orange stickles around the sentiment. The border punch is from EK Success. This card is oh so sweet!!

I love how the glossy accents look on the orange.

Hope you all like my little orange card. Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower!!

Hey everyone! Hope your all having a fabulous day!! Today's card is all about Christmas. This was a hard one for me as the cuts didn't quite work as I thought they would. The tag feature is not the same size as the regular cut on the cartridge.

The snowman is cut at 5 inches and the shaped card was cut at 6 3/4 cut from the Winter Woodland cartridge, I had to trim it a little around the snowman. I cut the background twice to make a swing card. The red snowflake paper is from K & Company Seasonal stack. The cardstock is from Recollections and Papertrey Ink. I used diamond stickles and glossy accents on the snowman. I used a Peach Keen face for the snowman. The sentiment is from My Creative Time Stamps as well as the stitched circle and scalloped circle. The scalloped circle is cut from black felt I got from Walmart. I used my Bic markers to color a little and my white gel pen to doodle. The buttons are from my stash as well as the little brad.

Well I hope you all enjoyed my Christmas card. Thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower!!

Monday, 8 August 2011

Hey everyone! Second post for today. I made this little birthday card to enter a challenge at Birthday Sundaes #21 http://birthdaysundaes.blogspot.com .
The card base is 5 3/4 x 4 3/4. The mat is 5 1/2 x 4 1/2. The patterned paper mat is from Safari Chic by DCWV and was cut at 5 1/4 x 4 1/4. The truck( which I love) was cut at 3 inches using the Safari Chic stack and the Boys will be Boys cartridge. The cardstock is from Recollections. The buttons are from my stash. I used silver stickles on the bumper and the hub caps and glossy accents on the window and tires. I just love how this little card turned out.

The sentiments are from My Pink Stamper.

I hope you all enjoyed my camo truck and stop by again soon. Please leave me a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a great morning. I made this card to enter into some challenges. The Paper Variety- Circle challenge http://thepapervariety.blogspot.com . Bitten by the Bug 2 -Locker Talk (didn't have that cartridge so used Birthday Bash for card base. http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com
The card base is cut at 5 3/4 using Birthday Bash. The blue cirle is cut also at 5 3/4. The cardstock is recollections and the patterned paper is from DCWV School Stack. I used glossy accents on some of the circles and my gel pen to doodle. The glitter paper is from Glitter stack from DCWV. I used my punches for all the little cirles. All of the words on the cirles are punched from a page in the School Stack.

Hope you all enjoyed my little card. Come back again soon and please leave me a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Saturday, 6 August 2011

Hey everyone! Hope you are all having a great day. Today's card I made to enter a few challenges this week.
Cricut Cardz Challenge #86 Tutti Fruitti- http://cricutcardzchallenge.blogspot.com .Tacky Tuesday Challenge #9 http://septemberninth.blogspot.com . My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #19- You make me smile http://craftspotbykimberly.blogspot.com .
My card is 5 1/2 x 5 1/2. The patterned paper is from Papertrey Ink. The cardstock is Papertrey Ink and Recollections. The cherries are from Hello Kitty cartridge cut at 4 inches. The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink. The buttons are from my stash. I used firefly stickles on the leaves and glossy accents on the cherries. I also used diamond stickles on the cherries. The cherry faces are from Peachy Keen stamps Princess Faces. The sentiment: the die cut and the outline stamp is from My Creative Time and the Thank you berry much and Girlfriend is from My Pink Stamper.

Hope you all enjoyed my little cherry card. Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment. I would also love it if you became a follower.

Friday, 5 August 2011

Hey everyone. Hope your day is great so far. I was just over at Peachy Keen Stamps Challenge to check out the new challenge for today and to my surprise my name was posted there as the winner for the week. I won some basic paper doll assortment stamps. I am so excited!! Thanks soooo much Peachy Keen Stamps! http://peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com Can't wait to get my stamps.
:) Candy

Hey everyone! I am so excited! My card was showcased again over at Die Cuttin Divas http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com . Two weeks in a row. I can't believe it. Thanks so much Die Cuttin Divas. Woo Hoo!! :) Candy

The card is a standard A2 size. The cardstock is from Recollections and Papertrey Ink. The pattern paper is from DCWV Street Lace mat stack(LOVE IT!!). I used a Martha Stewart punch for the butterfly. I used a pearl from Recollections to add to the butterfly. The buttons are from my stash. I used the D'vine Swirls cuttlebug folder for the green cardstock. I used my favorite diamond stickles to add some more bling to the embossed side. The ribbon is from Papertrey Ink.

The die cut and sentiment are from Papertrey Ink.

I just love how this card turned out. This is the first time I have used a die. It sure won't be my last. Hope you all enjoy my card and please leave me a comment and I would love it if you became a follower. :) Candy

Hey Everyone!! Hope you are all having a great day. Well I am super excited. I just got my very first blog award from a sweetie named Cassandra over at http://ctimz3.blogspot.com. Head over to her blog and show her some love. She is very talented.

In order order to accept this award I have to tell a few things about myself and then pass this on to a few bloggers. Here it goes:

1. What do I say when I see a semi truck with a diet pepsi logo?? "Heaven on Wheels"

2. I taught myself how to do gel nails.

3. I love poker, billiards and tattoos.

4. I have been to Las Vegas the last 7 years to play in the pool tournaments there.